Pilot lands on NY highway, again (Video)

A pilot from Lake Ronkonkoma, NY., made an emergency landing on the Sunset Highway in East Moriches - the second time he has done so in just over a week.

Frank Fierro, 75, had to make the emergency landing after again experiencing engine trouble which he thought had been fixed. The plane was grounded after the first emergency landing which happened back on July 10 - on the same stretch of highway.

Fierro told CBS 2 - “my wife is going to kill me.” He thought the plane had been fixed, but it started sputtering and then he heard “dead silence” from the engine.



“That’s the biggest fear,” Fierro said, referring to trying to land the plane without hurting other people. “(I was) hoping to land on median, but there was a truck out there with some guy sitting in there. Last minute, I swung quick one to right and a quick one to the left and I settled down. It wasn’t one of my better landings.”